hvornår

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish hwænnær, hwannær, from Old Norse hvénær, a compound of 1. Old Norse hvé (how), from Proto-Germanic *hwē, and 2. Old Norse nær (closer).

An alternative explanation is that is related to (or borrowed from) Middle Low German wannēr (when) (cf. Dutch wanneer), which is a compound of 1. Proto-Germanic *hwan (when) and 2. Proto-Germanic *airiz (earlier). The former part is the same word as English when and German wenn, wann.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vɒˈnɒːˀ/, [vɒˈnɒˀ], [ʋɒ̝ˈnɒ̝ˀ], [ʋɔˈnɔˀ]

Adverb

hvornår

  1. when (at what time)

Synonyms

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